Collapsible toy ship.



M. A. HEINZE.

COLLAPSIBLE rov SHIP APPLICATION FILED APR. 15. l9l5- Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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MAX A. HEINZE, 6F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GOLLAPSIBLE TOY SHIP.

Application filed April 15, 1815.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX A. HEIXZE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collapsible Toy Ships; and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to collapsible toys, and has for its object a novel and cheaply constructed type of article, herein illustrated in the form of a battleship, which can be easily stamped and cut to the desired form from sheet metal, and which, although its parts are firmly enough correlated to permit its being drawn along a floor on its supporting wheels, can be easily caused to fall apart when showered with'missiles such as marbles or rubber-tipped arrows, in imitation of a bombardment. The structural features herein shown are of course not limited to this particular type of ship, or in fact to a ship or vessel, being capable of adaptation, with slight modifications, to toy buildings, vehicle, etc.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective of the assembled device, with a portion broken away near the bow of the ship to show the interengaging character of the parts. Fig. 2 is a lengthwise sectional elevation taken along the line 00-00 of Fig. i. Fig. 8 is a perspective of the shell and deck portions of the ship with the superstructure parts removed, and with portions broken away at the bow and stern to show the arrangement of the parts. Fig. 4: is a plan view, with a portion of the upper deck removed, to permit a portion of the lower deck to be shown. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation along the lines 1 g of Fig. 2.

The ship as herein illustrated has no bottom, but its sides 13 are designed to be supported upon rollers a. Each end of each side terminates in inturned flanges C and D at the bow and stern respectively of the ship. These flanges engage in the kerfs or cut away portions E and F of the lower deck member G, and the upper deck member H, which are supported at the desired height above the floor of the supporting rollers A, upon inturned projections J and K from the side pieces B. The ends of these tongues Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1315.

Serial No. 21,593.

or projections are perforated for the engagement therethrough of pins L in the bottom of individual and removable gun turrets M, which comprise the side batteries 1 ot the ship.

The transverse extent of the planes of the decks and of the side pieces, coupled with the interlocking engagement of the inturned flanges and curved end portions of the decks, and with the support of the decks by the projections J and K, makes it possible to assemble a structure without the use of pins or solder, suiiiciently strong to not only sustain the superstructure N, funnels P, and masts Q, but as well to sustain the impact of such toy missiles as marbles, slugs of clay, and the like, aimed at the boat in imitation of a bombardment. The depending or vertical portions of the super-structure N, which alternate with the imitation gun turrets, engage at the bottom in small slits or kerfs in the upper deck H, thereby supporting the entire superstructure at the desired elevation with reference thereto; and similarly the supporting base pieces of the tunnels P, and masts Q engage in similar slits in the deck or root portion of the superstructure N. In Fig. 2 I have shown the upper deck H in three. separate sections, though all located on the same level. In case the toy boat is made in a rather large size this sometimes proves advantageous in that a series of shots in the same spot or an unusually accurate and heavy one is often necessary to dislodge the entire single deck piece, whereas individual smaller pieces while holding the inturned flanges C and D equally firmly, will be much more easily dislodged by a shot.

vVhile I have illustrated a double deck boat as an embodiment of my invention, I of course desire it to be understood as clearly within the scope of my invention to employ the same idea as to the interlocking of the inturned flanges C and D either with a boat having more than two decks or with a boat having but one deck. 7

Such removable and superimposed parts as the gun turrets, tunnels and masts already mentioned, as well as the superstructure N, and the bridge R can all be shot away, or removed without impairment of the remaining main portion of the structure. \Vhen, however, the decks are thus exposed to direct impact of the missiles, they are sooner or later displaced, whereby the whole struc ture collapses, in more or less remote resemblance to the efi'ect brought about by an explosion from within. It is evident that the various component parts, sides and decks as well as the superstructure, can be stamped to form from tin or other sheet metal, and that a model of desired contour can be easily bent to form accordingly. And while I have particularly illustrated the external outline and character of a warship, it is evident that since the guns and other removabl parts contribute nothing to the structural features of my invention, that could be omitted, and another type of boat or other toy model made complete, without departure tromthe spirt of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a toyship model, incombination with shell pieces representing the sides and provided with inwardly extending projections and with inturned terminal flanges, a plurality of deck pieces adapted to suitably space said shell pieces from one another and to rest upon said projections thereon, said deck pieces being provided with kerf at the ends in which said inturned flanges of the shell pieces engage.

2. A toy ship model, having, in combination with deck members provided with kerfs at each end, and with means for detachably supporting superstructural parts, suitably apertured side members having inturnediprojections whereon said deckinembers are supported in desired positions, and terminal flanged portions adapted to engage in the kerfed end portions of said deck members, being thereby held in desired relative position thereto and to one another until intentionally dislodged.

3. A toy model, comprising exterior'shell pieces of desired contour whose end portions terminate in inturned flanges, a plurality of deck pieces adapted to lie in planes generally transverse to those in which the shell pieces lie, said deck pieces being provided with terminal kerfs in which said inturned flanges engage, and a plurality of superstructural tarts removably engaging the kerfs in said deck pieces.

A toy ship model, comprising a pair of deck portions provided with kert'ed ends, a pair of side pieces whose ends are adapted to engage in the kerfed ends of the decks,

the intermediate portions of said side pieces being suitably held away from one another by the interposition of the deck portions therebetween, and removable superstructural pieces supported by said decks in desired position relatively to the side pieces.

In testimony whereof, I sign this speciti cation in the presence of two witnesses.

MAX A.v HEINZE.

Vitnesses JEFFERSON G. THUnnna, MARION F. KIEFER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for .five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents.

Washington, D. C. 

